Car-derailer.



E. NOVOTNY. CAR DERAILER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 29.1916

Patented June 27,

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E. NOVOTNY. CAR DERAILER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 29, I916.

Patented J 11116 27, 1916.

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Specification of Iietters Patent. Patented J 127 1916,

Application filed February 29, 1916.' Serial lilo. 81,218.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD NOVOTNY, a citizenof the United States, residing at Struthers, in the county of Mahoningand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCar-Derailers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in carderailers.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a derailingtruck device especially adapted for quick positioning upon a railwaytrack for overturning a run-away car such as a mine car which has becomedetached from the train or-locomotive.

A further object of the invention is to provide a derailing deviceadapted to be readily positioned for movement upon a railway track andbeing so constructed that an oncoming run-away car will partially mountupon the same and be overturned at the side of the track thereby.

The construction of the device herein set forth contemplates a carmember that may be positioned against movement upon a track, the samebeing provided with a track section, one rail of which is elevated andadapted for sliding upon the track rails while a pivoted elevatingmember for the wheels of the car to be derailed is carried by the saidear member of the device.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinaftermore fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and thenclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming apart of this application and inwhich like designating characters refer to corresponding partsthroughout the several views Figure 1 is a central longitudinal verticalsectional view taken through a portion of a railway track provided withthe present device, a portion of the latter being shown in sideelevation. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevationof a portion of the device mounted upon a track, parts being illustratedin their inoperative positions. Fig. 4 is a vertical transversesectional view through a track and a portion of the device. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of one of the sliding rail members broken away. Fig. 6is a perspective View of one of the connecting pull bars. 'Fig. 7 is asectional view through the connection be tweena pull bar and railsection, and, Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one of the connectingbolts employed with the device.

' It will first be understood that the present invention is designed forthe purpose of derailing an oncoming car or other piece of railwayrolling stock and is herein illustrated in connection with a usual formof railway track 10 having oppositely-an ranged rails 11. I

A slidable track section 12 is provided which is pivotally attached to asmall car 13 such as a hand car and by which means the track section 12may be slidably moved alongthe rails 11 by pushing or otherwiseimpelling the car 13. The aforementioned track section 12 comprisesonerail 14 herein termed the lower rail which is of invertedchannel-shaped formation for readily mounting slidably upon one of therails 11 as best illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings. Another orelevated rail 15 of the track section 12 is positioned opposite thelower rail 14 being connected in parallelism by means of suitable braces16. This elevated rail 15 is of tapered formation having a bottomchannel 17 for slidably mounting. the same upon the rail 11 which liesopposite the track section lower rail 14 while a double flanged wheel 18is journaled beneath one end of the elevated rail'15 for running uponthe adjacent track: rail 11 and whereby'the forward end of the rail 15iselevated above the track. The aforementioned hand car 13 is. providedwith oppositely-arranged pullbars 19 which have their forward ends 20pivotally mounted upon the forward axle 21 of the hand car while therear ends of the pull'bars 19- are provided with tranverse perforations22 adapted for the reception of bolts 23, which the car 13' and are eachprovided with arcuate base ends 28 which are formed laterally slantingoutwardly and forwardly in the direction of the lower rail 14, it being7 noted that said blocks 26 are of substantially triangular contour.

A Windlass 29 is arranged upon the hand car 13 providing a drum 30readily turned by means of a crank 31 and having a rope 32 wound thereonand provided with a terminal ring 33. An elevating cord 34: is threadedthrough the ring 33 and has its opposite ends secured to the upperadjacent sides of the blocks 26 and whereby as will be evident, areeling up of the rope 32 will elevate the blocks 26 to the positionshown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

An arrangement of chock block 35 is provided for the rear wheels 37 ofthe car 13 and similar means may be also provided for the forward wheelsthereof if desired, the said chock block 35 being operatively moved bymeans of any desirable form of adjusting lever 36 and whereby the blockmay be positioned beneath the wheels 36 for pre venting any forwardmovement of the said car.

' It will be seen that when the car 13 and.

track section 12 are mounted upon the railway track rails 11 and thechock block 35 placed in its operative position formaintaining the car13 stationary, the block 26 may be lowered by means of the crank 31 soas to rest upon the connecting bars 19 at points directly in advance ofthe rails 14: and 15. An oncoming runaway car upon the track 10 willpass upon the rails 14: and 15 and by reason of the elevated position ofthe forward end of the rail 15, the car will be tilted toward the lowerrail 14. Then the forward wheels of the run-away car engage thecurvedslanting faces 28 of the elevating blocks 26, the said blocks will tiltupwardly which will. increase the tipping of therunaway car and willeffect a dumping of the same laterally off of the track section 12 andclear of the railway tracklO, thus completely derailing such car withoutany injury to the present device and preventing the run-away car fromdoing any further damage by its continued uncontrolled travel upon thetrack 10.

WVhile the form of the invention herein shown and described is what isbelieved to be the preferred embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless tobe understood that various forms, modifications and arrangements of theparts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed. 3

lVhat I claim as new is 7 1. A derailing device comprising a car,

a slidable track section having a portion of one rail thereof inclined,pivotal connection means between the said track section and the forwardaxle of the said car, and adjustable elevating means pivotally carriedby the rear axle of the car and normally positioned adjacent the forwardend of the said track section.

2. A device of the class described, com prising a car, a brake for thesaid car, a traction section having rail-receiving longitudinal grooveswithin the side rails thereof, an elevating wheel journaled beneath theforward end of one of the rails of said section, and connecting barsattached to the forward ends of the rails of said section and pivotallyattached to the forward aXle of the said car.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a car, a brake for thesaid car, a traction section having rail-receiving longitudinal grooveswithin the side rails thereof, an elevating wheel journaled beneath theforward end of one, ofthe rails of said section, connecting barsattached to the forward ends of the rails of said section andpivotallyattached to the forward axle of the said car, substantiallytriangular shaped elevating blocks oppositely pivoted to the rear axleof the said car and having arcuate rearwardly-extending base edgesinclined in the same direction and normally positioned forwardly of theforward end of the said track section, and adjusting means for the saidblocks carried by the said car.

1. A derailer for run-away rolling stock comprising in combination witha railroad 'track, a hand car positioned thereon, a

lower rail slidably mounted upon the said track, an upper rail inparallelism with the said lower rail and being tapered with its rear endslidably mounted upon the said track, an elevating wheel journa'led inthe forward end of the said upper rail, connecting bars attached to theforward ends of the said rails and pivotally attached to the forwardaXle of the said car, triangularshaped elevating blocks oppositelypivoted to the rear axle of the said car and having concaved base edgesinclined toward the said lower rail and normally positioned upon thesaid connecting bars adjacent the forward ends of the said rails, andadjusting means carried by the said car and shiftably attached to theupper sides of the said blocks.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EDWARD NOVOTNY.

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Washington, D. G.

